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Peoples Gas Building

Coordinates: 41°52′47.46″N 87°37′29.77″W / 41.8798500°N 87.6249361°W / 41.8798500; -87.6249361
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Peoples Gas Light and Coke Building
(2011)
Peoples Gas Building is located in Chicago Loop
Peoples Gas Building
Location122 S. Michigan Avenue
(80 East Adams Street)
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Coordinates41°52′47.46″N 87°37′29.77″W / 41.8798500°N 87.6249361°W / 41.8798500; -87.6249361
Built1911
ArchitectDaniel Burnham & Company
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.84000293[1]
Added to NRHP1984

The Peoples Gas Building at 122 South Michigan Avenue on the corner of Adams Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Description and history

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The 265-foot (81 m) 21-story office building was built from 1910 to 1911 and was designed by D.H. Burnham & Company.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is also a contributing property for Chicago's Michigan Boulevard Historic District.

Since 1999 the building hosts National Louis University.[3]

Since November 5, 2012, the building's sixteenth floor has hosted the chancery of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago.

Tenants

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Peoples Gas Company Building : 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Architecture Info". www.chicagoarchitecture.info. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20.
  3. ^ "History | National Louis University | Chicago, Illinois | Tampa, Florida".
  4. ^ The Axa Group/Axa Worldwide/North America/United States
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